Blink, And You’ll Miss It: 'Nine' Album Review
Traded in public nudity for changing diapers, no wonder they lack the energy of their youth!
Nostalgia for the 90s has been saturating our air for a few
years now. So much so that many older bands have made the mistake of choking on
it, and releasing albums when really… truly… they should have quit whilst they
were ahead.
Nothing said juvenile teenage rebellion quite like Blink-182,
and growing up I had a song for every mood, ‘I Miss You’ being the perfect
breakup song and ‘Obvious’ being the perfect f*ck you song. The versatility in
their self-titled album immortalised them in pop-punk history, but since the
departure of lead singer Tom DeLonge in 2015 Blink-182 have taken a great fall.
Their album in 2017 ‘California’ was not well received, but their most recent album ‘NINE’ was liked even less by their usual demographic.
That being said they appeal to a younger audience of chart listeners and moody rap fans, so their sales have still been somewhat successful, but the band have severly lost their energy and essence since DeLonge’s departure.
How can you write songs about teenage rebellion when you are well into your 40s?.. The only thing you can write about is nostalgia for those days, which Blink have done, over and over again spaning across two albums now.
In all honestly, as a die-hard fan in my youth, I am definitely disappointed by this subpar album, and 'De-Longe' for the days that Blink sang about sex in parking lots and gross Christmas shenanigans.
And this might just be the nostalgia infecting me too, but Tom, if you’re ever feeling 'De-lonely', I, on behalf of the public, beg you to come back for once last GREAT Blink-182 album, because we are ‘Lost Without You’.
Their album in 2017 ‘California’ was not well received, but their most recent album ‘NINE’ was liked even less by their usual demographic.
That being said they appeal to a younger audience of chart listeners and moody rap fans, so their sales have still been somewhat successful, but the band have severly lost their energy and essence since DeLonge’s departure.
How can you write songs about teenage rebellion when you are well into your 40s?.. The only thing you can write about is nostalgia for those days, which Blink have done, over and over again spaning across two albums now.
In all honestly, as a die-hard fan in my youth, I am definitely disappointed by this subpar album, and 'De-Longe' for the days that Blink sang about sex in parking lots and gross Christmas shenanigans.
And this might just be the nostalgia infecting me too, but Tom, if you’re ever feeling 'De-lonely', I, on behalf of the public, beg you to come back for once last GREAT Blink-182 album, because we are ‘Lost Without You’.
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